Hot-air deflector



(No Model.)

B. V. GINTZ. C HOT AIR DEFLBGTDB.

No. 557,068. Patented Mar. 24, 1,896.

W @W M5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN V. GINTZ, OF AKRON, OHIO.

HOT-AIR DEFLECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 557,068, dated March 24, 1896. Application iled November 20,1895. Serial No. 569,527. (No model.)

To all whom it may concert:A

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN V. GINTZ, a citizen of the United States,residin g at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hot-Air Deflectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to the construction of deiiectors for hot air arising from registers, radiators, &c.

The objects of my invent-ion are to produce a deflector which shall effectually turn the air out into the middle portion of a room, and one containing a tank of warm water to keep the air humid, and one to catch the dust; also to so suspend this tank that it can readily be reached for cleaning.

To the aforesaid objects my invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction, combination and arrangement of the various parts hereinafter described, and then speciiically pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference numerals indicate like parts, Figure l is a perspective view of a complete deiiector; Fig. 2, a view of one form of deflector with the near end plate removed; Fig. 3, a similar view showing a different manner of hinging the tank; Fig. 4, a view of the tank itself; Fig. 5, a side elevation of the spout by which the tank is filled.

In the drawings, l and 2 are the end plates, which are united to a top plate 3, which is substantially in an in volute-cur ve shape, covering nearly all one side, the top and above one-third of the other side, between the ends l and 2, and terminating in a sharp inturned curve, leaving an open space between it and the bottom. A strap 4 extends between the plates l and 2 for strength only.

The top plate, 3, does not extend quite to the base of the dei-lector, but leaves a narrow space extending across the entire distance between the plates l and 2. Beneath this plate Y 3 and separated a little space from it, but

substantially concentric therewith, is a shield 5, extending between plates l and 2 and from the base of the deflector to a point substantially level with the sharp curve of plate 3.

I-Iinged in the upper part of plates l and 2 troughs 7 and S. The edge of trough 8, or

7, as the case may be, is rolled into a small tube ll, through which passes a large wire serving as a journal on which the troughs are hinged. It is long enough to enter the side'plates, l and 2.

The troughs are tilted toward one another or th reverse, or in the same direction, as the requirements of the case direct, in order to retain the water when tipped down for cleaning. On one of these troughs is a small catch l2 to hold the trough in place and fastens into a small slot (not necessary to show) in the top plate, 3, when the troughs are hinged as shown in Fig. 3, and this catch l2 engages a lug 13 when the troughs are hinged as shown in Fig. 2.

On the outside of plate 2 is a pocket 14, terminating in a short tube l5, with its free end directly over the trough to contain the water, so that water may be placed in the trough from outside the deflector.

In operation in each case one trough is lled with water and the deiiector placed over a register. The hot air arising (indicated by the arrows) from the register passes along the concave surface of the shield 5. There it is joined by cold air drawn up by the current of hot air from the register through the space between the plate 3 and shield 5. The mixture of hot and cold air passes around the concave surface, down over trough 7, and out between the troughs 7 and 8 and the open side. In passing over trough 7 the dust particles will be precipitated into it, there to remain until removed.

The trough S of water, being warmed by the hot air, evaporates and serves to keep the air moist and agreeable.

' The object in admitting the air of the room through the air-duct between plate 3 and shell 5 is twofold, to wit: As the air along the oor of the room is being drawn constantly through the duct, it is warmed, and thus prevents a large body of cold air accumulating around the deflector, and, further, were the duct not there only the air arising from the register would be cleansed from the particles of dust,

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Whereas in this deflector all the air in `the room is gradually passed over the surface of the water in the tank.

When it is desired to clean the deector, the catch 12 is nnfastened and the tank swings down Within reach without spilling water, because of the tilted position of trough S.

1. In a deiector for hot air, the combination with two side plates and a curved top, of a tank hinged between said side plates and under said top, and a catch arranged to retain said tank in position when desired, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination in a hot-air deriector having two side plates and a rolled top, of a double tank, hinged to said side plates and under said top, one of said tanks adapted to contain water when in use, and a catch adapted to retain said tank in place, substantially as shown and described.

The combination in a deflector of the class designated, of a pair of side plates, a curved top reaching on one side nearly to the base oi the deiiector, a shield within said top plates, and directly over extending from the base of said delector to a point nearly to the top thereof, and separated therefrom a little distance, a double tank hinged between said side plates and adapted, when desired, to be swung down on said hinges, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a hot-ail` deflector of the class designated, having two side plates and a curved top extending on one side nearly to the base of the deiiector, a shield concentric therewith and separated therefrom a little distance, and extending from the base of the defiector a portion of its height, a double tank hinged in the concave portion of said tank and a 4o pocket and inlet-pipe placed in one of said one of said tanks, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand.

Q. E. I-IUMPHREY, C. I. IIUMPHREY. 

